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Pertaining to lycanthropy.

One affected by the disease lycanthropy.

al between the macropinacoid and the unit prism; the corresponding pyramids are called macropyramids.

Partaking of the nature of, or resembling, mucilage; moist, soft, and viscid; slimy; ropy; as, a mucilaginous liquid.

oid substance which is contained in mucus, and gives to the latter secretion its peculiar ropy character. It is found in all the secretions from mucous glands, and also between the fibers of connective tissue, as in tendons. See Illust. of Demilune.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, mucus; slimy, ropy, or stringy, and lubricous; as, a mucous substance.

the axis of an ovule or seed straight from the hilum and chalaza to the orifice or the micropyle; atropous.

ng a new individual like the parent; an egg, spore, germ, or germ cell. See Illust. of Mycropyle.

Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind; as, a philanthropic enterprise. -- Phil`an*throp"ic*al*ly, adv.

One who practices philanthropy; one who loves mankind, and seeks to promote the good of others.

he middle of the thigh of an ox or sheep. R. D. Blackmore. -- Pope's nose, the rump, or uropygium, of a bird. See Uropygium.

rring naturally dissolved in crude petroleum, and also made artificially; -- called also propyl hydride.

Same as Propylene.

o ethylidene, and regarded as the type of certain derivatives of propane; -- called also propylidene.

Pertaining to, or embodying, psilanthropy. "A psilanthropic explanation." Coleridge.

Psilanthropy.

A perennial grass (Agropyrum repens) having long running rootstalks, by which it spreads rapidly and pertinaciously, and so becomes a troublesome weed. Also called couch grass, quick grass, quick grass, twitch grass. See Illustration in Appendix.

In a ropy manner; in a viscous or glutinous manner.

Quality of being ropy; viscosity.

Somewhat ropy.